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Form 1094-C & All Form Instructions Yet to be Released The IRS has released the Forms 1095-C, 1095-B, and 1094-B that employers will use in early 2019 to report on the group health insurance coverage they offered to employees in the 2018 calendar year. To …

New Rule Loosens Current Restrictions Effective October 2, 2018, a new rule will allow individuals to purchase short-term, limited-duration health insurance coverage for a period of less than 12 months, and renew such coverage for up to 36 months. Under current law, …

Percentage Up from 2018 Under the employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act, applicable large employers—generally those who had 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees)—may be subject to a penalty if they do not …

Reminder: 2018 ‘Pay or Play’ Affordability Percentage is 9.56% Percentage Down from 2017 Under the employer shared responsibility (“pay or play”) provisions of the Affordable Care Act, applicable large employers—generally those who had 50 or more full-time employees (including full-time equivalent employees) …

These reminders don’t do much for our popularity. But, the only thing worse than doing the work of complying with IRS mandates is stressing over penalties after the IRS has already knocked on your door (see IRS sample letter 226J). …

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has started the process of levying penalties on employers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer shared responsibility provision. Often called the employer mandate or play or pay, the ACA provides for the IRS to …

The Affordable Care Act’s employer shared responsibility provision—often called the employer mandate or “play or pay”—requires large employers to offer health coverage to their full-time employees or face a potential penalty. (Employers with fewer than 50 full-time and full-time-equivalent employees …

Each year, Marketplace Open Enrollment Notices (MOENs) are sent to all consumers currently enrolled in Marketplace plans. These notices remind consumers about the upcoming Open Enrollment period and provide guidance on how to update personal information and either select a new …

With open enrollment season looming just around the corner and memory of individual healthcare premiums increasing by an average of 17 percent in Louisiana in 2017, you may be wondering what is to come for 2018! Unfortunately, the forecast for …

In an effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senators Lindsey Graham (SC) and Bill Cassidy (LA) have released a plan that would essentially allow states to come up with their own health care plans using a federal block grant. The grant …

There is quite a bit of talk these days about how uncertainty around CSR Payments could cripple the individual health insurance market (see article). This brings up a good question – What are CSR Payment Plans? Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) …